A joyful, freewheeling, funny and profound new collection from »one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today » (Lionel Shriver)
For one woman, a cross-country train ride becomes a parallel journey into the dark psyche of American manhood. An old man and his neighbour enter strike up a friendship that might a more sinister battle of wits than he first thinks. A man, waiting for his wife in a bar on Valentine »s Day, is plagued by a stranger who claims to be clairvoyant.
In electric prose T. C. Boyle explores myriad facets of society: greed and excess, parenthood and responsibility, the digital world and the way we understand our mortality. Roaming unrestrainedly through the present and near future, he inhabits his characters » minds with a ventriloquist »s flair, skewering human motivations and revealing us to ourselves with empathy and wry humour.
For one woman, a cross-country train ride becomes a parallel journey into the dark psyche of American manhood. An old man and his neighbour enter strike up a friendship that might a more sinister battle of wits than he first thinks. A man, waiting for his wife in a bar on Valentine »s Day, is plagued by a stranger who claims to be clairvoyant.
In electric prose T. C. Boyle explores myriad facets of society: greed and excess, parenthood and responsibility, the digital world and the way we understand our mortality. Roaming unrestrainedly through the present and near future, he inhabits his characters » minds with a ventriloquist »s flair, skewering human motivations and revealing us to ourselves with empathy and wry humour.
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Format EPUB ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9781526631381 ● Maison d’édition Bloomsbury Publishing ● Publié 2022 ● Téléchargeable 3 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 8521348 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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